Lennie Small‚ 33 years of age‚ worked on a farm‚ and died on a Monday (August 26th‚ 1935). Lennie Small was born with a mental disorder and lived with his Aunt Clara until she died. Lennie Small did not go to school as there is no information that he did. Lennie small was not married to anyone. George‚ his best friend‚ was his caretaker until the day George decided to shoot Lennie in the back of the head because Lennie caused too much trouble and if he stayed alive‚ he would just cause pain
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Who Killed the Electric Car? Video Discussion Questions Summary: It begins with a solemn funeral�for a car. By the end of Chris Paine’s lively and informative documentary‚ the idea doesn’t seem quite so strange. As narrator Martin Sheen notes‚ "They were quiet and fast‚ produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline." Paine proceeds to show how this unique vehicle came into being and why General Motors ended up reclaiming its once-prized creation less than a decade later. He begins 100 years ago
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The friendship between George and Lennie in Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is illustrated as one that is strong and enduring which is not expected of men during the time the book sets. By looking at George and Lennie’s friendship‚ one can see that they both envision a future that includes both of them and fail to see one without the other. By opposing the themes of friendship and loneliness‚ Steinbeck creates an example of a friendship that will carry on even in the final stages past death. By looking
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childlike incompetence‚ which are presented to emphasise the instinctive threat‚ which he poses. When George talks of what happened in Weed‚ he proclaims that Lennie gets all “mixed up”‚ when something goes wrong‚ “he holds on‚ ‘cause that’s the only thing he can think to do”. This gets Lennie into many dangerous situations throughout the book. Lennie has a curiosity with ‘red’‚ this is advertised throughout the novel‚ this behaviour he more associated with the behaviour of a child‚ rather than an adult
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Lennie was a “a huge man‚ shapeless of face‚ with large‚ pale eyes‚ with wide‚ sloping shoulders” (2). He worked hard‚ but was always doing something wrong which caused trouble. One day Lennie’s actions ended up hurting him. This altered his life forever. Through the character of Lennie‚ John Steinbeck illustrates in Of Mice and Men how a character’s actions can cause shocking outcomes. From the initial beginning‚ readers can tell through Lennie’s actions that he was not a smart man‚ rather
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Michelle Hua 09/09/13 Period 1 Literature Response: An Apology I am a husband to a wife as I am a father to a daughter. I am categorized as a man because of my genitalia. Overall‚ I am sorry about misogyny. I came to realize women‚ as our wives and our mothers‚ are still being oppressed to this very day. I thought it had ended centuries ago. I thought our nation had long overcome sexism. It dawned on me that I was guilty of being a sexist. I had ignorantly
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modern. In the film‚ the main character Robert claims to require a wife that will satisfy his needs for a “sweetheart” and who will not always be a modest woman. However‚ in the Victorian era the same kind of modesty was completely normal for couples. When his ex-wife Beth overhears women gossiping about her and her proper ways‚ she cries out‚ “They pity me do they? Pity me because I’ve been fool enough to think a man wants his wife modest and decent.” (43:46) This film depicts the shift from modesty
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So what are you going to say at my funeral now that you’ve killed me. Here lies my body‚ touched‚ inhuman and dead without reason‚ without a gun to my head‚ without a knife to the back‚ but‚ with touch. Have you ever been in a life-threatening situation‚ whether it’s on the street‚ your home or at your work? And within that moment your mind doesn’t think of death‚ it thinks of life. Life with your friends‚ your dearest loved ones‚ family. Your mind races and traces back to distant memories
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one another during tough times and absences. In Of Mice and Men‚ George and Lennie‚ who have been friends since childhood‚ embark on a journey to find work on a ranch when George and Lennie finally discover one‚ a man working there tells George that he has "never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy” (Steinbeck 29). Individuals at the ranch are surprised to witness mutual care and support between George and Lennie during tough times‚ particularly during the Great Depression‚ and it shows
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Although Curley’s wife often treats others unjustly‚ she also suffers from a lot of injustice herself. Sexism is another injustice served in this novel. There are many layers to the character of Curley’s wife. At first‚ the reader is led to believe she is a troublesome women or a “tramp” set out to wreak havoc in the lives of the ranch hands (Steinbeck 32). George immediately warns Lennie to avoid her‚ calling her “jail bait” and a “rattrap” (32). However‚ as the reader nears the end of the book
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